Leave-EU boss Arron Banks and spokesman Andy Wigmore walked out of the Digital, Media, Culture and Sport select committee today saying it would make them late for a "lunch appointment".

The pair were giving evidence after it was revealed they met Russia's ambassador to the UK three times in 2015 and 2016 - rather than the single “six-hour boozy lunch” Mr Banks had previously acknowledged.

During the session it was revealed that Mr Banks handed the Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko a telephone number for Donald Trump’s team after his election win.